Author: Katie Taylor
Contributing Writer
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SENIOR RETROSPECTIVE: Katie Taylor
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I flew over Stanford the other day.
Music: "Rockferry" rocks
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Music: The Weepies will make you smile
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Music: Remember this Naim
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Music review: Winehouse "B-Side" herself
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Kate Nash is a Smash
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Rock on with your socks on
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Oddities & Katie-o-Syncrasies: Time for contemplation
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Oddities and Katie-o-Syncrasies: We're our own worst judges
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Oddities and Katie-o-Syncrasies: The word of Generation Y: awkward
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Oddities and Katie-o-Syncrasies: Index the Index
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The entire world is getting indexed, archived, digitized.
Oddities and Katie-o-Syncrasies: We all might be kinda, sorta passive-aggressive
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Oddities & Katie-o-syncrasies: I don't believe in talent
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Oddities & Katie-o-Syncrasies: For girls, smart is ugly?
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Oddities and Katie-o-Syncrasies: Fair-weather fans
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Oddities & Katie-o-syncrasies
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Give these "Innocent Criminals" a chance
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Our faulty memories
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And so it begins: door-propping, luggage-carrying, book-buying, hot-neighbor scouting.
Buble is absolutely bubbling with delight
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Michael Bublé came from humble beginnings.
Oddities & Katie-o-Syncrasies: I love the Bubble
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The ‘Sky’ is a bit grayer than Wilco would like
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Oddities & Katie-o-Syncrasies: You'd think funny was on the Y chromosome
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An eye opening experience: ‘Cassadaga’ by Bright Eyes
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Conor Oberst, front-man of the indie band Bright Eyes has the emo look down: he wears plaid, is poetic and soft-spoken and has long, generally greasy hair that falls into his eyes when he sings.
Oddities & Katie-o-Syncrasies: If only life were like the Internet
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MIKA: From shy to fly!
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British pop singer-songwriter Mika’s unique style has drawn comparisons to a broad range of other musicians, including David Bowie and fellow Brits Elton John, Freddie Mercury and Robbie Williams.
Am I in high school again?
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Kaiser Chiefs: Reinforcements for the British invasion
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Oddities & Katie-o-Syncrasies: What I should have been taught in college
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John Butler: A ‘Grand’ new CD
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Oddities & Katie-o-Syncrasies: Why growing up means becoming a serious cyclist
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Oddities and Katie-o-syncrasies: The best things in life are spontaneous
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Joss Stone keeps rollin' along with her third release
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At the ripe age of 19, Joss Stone has already accomplished more than many musicians hope to do in a lifetime.
Oddities & Katie-o-Syncrasies: I think I need a crash course on life
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Amy Winehouse brings down the house
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She is a smoother Macy Gray.
Oddities and Katie-o-Syncrasies: Anonymous art
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Choose Your Own Adventure: Katie
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Oddities & Katie-o-Syncrasies: Upperclassmanship
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It’s ‘Too Soon’ to dismiss Norah Jones
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Norah Jones has always had a lot to live up to.
Oddities & Katie-o-Syncrasies: A few college pet peeves
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Oddities & Katie-o-Syncrasies: Your library personality
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As much as I have repeatedly fallen victim to the siren’s call of procrastination, I still try to resist the lure of “Scrubs” reruns, collage-making and vacuuming, and go to the library.
Bistro Vida: The place memories (could) be made of
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This cute French bistro located in downtown Menlo Park is a charming blast from the past.
‘American West’ shows us ourselves
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If you go to the Cantor Arts Center just once a year, it should be to see this show.
Who said presidents aren’t good lovers?
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The presidency of the United States boasts quite a catalogue of great men, some greater than others, some, ahem, much greater than others.
Oddities & Katie-o-Syncrasies: How do we go from college drinking to wine sipping?
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Oddities & Katie-o-Syncrasies: When does not having a real job get embarrassing?
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Dining Review: Golf n' Grub at the Stanford Grill
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The Rhythm Divine
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Oddities & Katie-o-Syncrasies: When will the liberal arts get some street cred?
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Oddities and Katie-o-Syncrasies: When will we be in the mood for a serious film?
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Oddities and Katie-o-Syncrasies: Catchwords of the literati
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Valley girls insert “like” into the holes of their oral communications.
Oddities & Katie-o-Syncrasies: The upside of rain
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Oddities and Katie-o-Syncrasies: "That Kid"
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Oddities & Katie-o-syncrasies: Reading on the John
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Oddities & Katie-o-syncrasies: Judgement day at the gym
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Oddities and Katie-o-Syncrasies: The Athlete Outfit
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Oddities and Katie-o-Syncrasies: A look at a LARP
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Oddities & Katie-o-syncrasies: Letting go of that nerd pride
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Oddities and Katie-o-Syncrasies: Since when did getting a randomly good number make you cool?
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What's your biking style?
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Although bikers are presented as relaxed and smiling in 100 percent of Stanford’s photographs, I’d bet my grandma’s most expensive clown statuette that .05 percent of Stanford bikers do, in fact, have scenic, calm biking experiences on a regular basis.
Law scholar Gerald Gunther dies at 75
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Gerald Gunther, the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law emeritus and a constitutional law scholar at Stanford, died at home on July 30 from complications related to lung cancer.
Merit scholarships awarded to undergraduates
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This year, 10 Stanford undergraduates received national merit scholarships, including the Morris K. Udall scholarship, the Beinecke scholarship, the Barry M.
San Jose Symphony provides early fireworks
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On July 3, the San Jose Symphony performed at Frost Amphitheater what was one of its few scheduled concerts during the next 18 months, at its annual pre-Independence Day celebration.
Latin American Studies professor dies at age 66
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John D. Wirth, the Gildred Professor of Latin American Studies, died at the age of 66 on June 20. Prof. Wirth was in Toronto, delivering a lecture to the Friends of Fort Polk when he suffered a fatal heart aneurysm.
Wright sweeps most recent TopCoder Championship
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Junior Daniel Wright took first place 2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc. and TopCoder Collegiate Challenge.
9/11 dialogue draws diverse perspectives
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In an event that brought the Stanford community together to discuss the implications of the events of Sept. 11 for its members, the University and the nation and world at large, roughly 400 students, faculty and alumni participated in “University Voices: A Post-9 / 11 Dialogue” yesterday afternoon.
Student-led seminars to debut in FroSoCo
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Residents of the Freshman / Sophomore College will begin a series of week-long student-led seminars next week. Eight sophomores, with the help of faculty and experts in their subjects of interest, will hold seminars this quarter, and an additional eight will do so in the spring.
CASA profs discuss culture, symbolism
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The Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology last night hosted an hour-long faculty panel and discussion entitled “Culture and Symbolism in the Context of Current Global Politics.
E-books ease access to lbirary materials
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The California State University system recently negotiated a deal with a provider of electronic library books to allow multiple readers to use select e-books simultaneously during a one-year pilot program.

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